Liverpool defender Joe Gomez is in contact with England boss Gareth Southgate as he looks to banish the "hurt" of missing out on successive international tournaments by featuring in the World Cup later this year.
Gomez hasn't been named in an England squad since sustaining a patella tendon injury when training with the Three Lions in November 2020 that ruled him out for eight months.
It forced him to miss last summer's Euro 2020 finals, while an ankle injury suffered when with England a few months ahead of the World Cup in 2018 contributed to his absence from the finals in Russia.